Development Of Modality In First Language Acquisition

Author : Ursula Stephany,Ayhan Aksu-Koç
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501504457

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Development of Modality in First Language Acquisition by Ursula Stephany,Ayhan Aksu-Koç Pdf

This book deals with the development of modality from a crosslinguistic perspective and is closely related to two earlier volumes on the development of verb and nominal inflection in first language acquisition (SOLA 21 and 30) both methodologically and theoretically. Each of the fourteen contributions studies the early development of the form and function of expressions of deontic and dynamic agent-oriented modality or epistemic and evidential propositional modality in one of fourteen languages belonging to different morphological types and language families (seven Indo-European and seven non-Indo-European). The analyses are mainly based on longitudinal observations of children in their 2nd and 3rd years of life in conversational interaction with their caregivers, mostly the mothers. Main issues addressed are the development of directives and modulations of information in terms of certainty and evidentiality, also taking into account children’s developing social-pragmatic and cognitive skills. One of the main findings is that agent-oriented and propositional modality may develop in parallel depending on the typological characteristics of the language acquired. The decisive factor is whether notions of propositional modality are grammaticized and obligatorily expressed in the language. The findings are interpreted within non-nativist theoretical frameworks (Usage-based theories, Natural Morphology).

Author : Paul Fletcher,Michael Garman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1986-05-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521277809

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Language Acquisition by Paul Fletcher,Michael Garman Pdf

An invaluable resource for students and professionals alike with an interest in child language acquisition.

Author : Norbert Dittmar,Astrid Reich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110123789

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Modality in Language Acquisition by Norbert Dittmar,Astrid Reich Pdf

Author : Maya Hickmann,Edy Veneziano,Harriet Jisa
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027265326

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Sources of Variation in First Language Acquisition by Maya Hickmann,Edy Veneziano,Harriet Jisa Pdf

Developmental research has long focused on regularities in language acquisition, minimizing factors that might be responsible for variation. Although researchers are now increasingly concerned with one or another of these factors, this volume brings together research on three different sources of variation: language-specific properties, the nature of the input to children across contexts, and several aspects of the learners themselves. Chapters explore these sources of variation within an interdisciplinary and comparative approach allying theories and methodologies stemming from linguistics, psycholinguistics, developmental psychology, and neuroscience. The comparative perspective involves different languages, contexts of use, types of learners (first/second language acquisition, monolingual/bilingual learners, autism, language impairment), as well as vocal and visuo-gestural communicative modalities (co-verbal gestures, sign language acquisition). The volume points to the need to enhance interdisciplinary research using complementary methodologies to further examine sources of variation and to integrate variation into a more general developmental theory.

Author : Anna Giacalone Ramat,Grazia Crocco Galèas
Publisher : Gunter Narr Verlag
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Language acquisition
ISBN : 3823350706

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From pragmatics to syntax by Anna Giacalone Ramat,Grazia Crocco Galèas Pdf

Author : Francesca Cangeri,Rosanna Cangeri
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783638669849

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The Development of Modality in Greek and English Child Language by Francesca Cangeri,Rosanna Cangeri Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2, University of Freiburg (Englisches Seminar), course: HS: The Syntax and Semantics of the English Verb Phrase, 4 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Numerous studies concerning the acquisition of modality in first language have been published. Linguists have carried out many experimental and longitudinal studies in order to find out how the modality category develops in child language. To obtain straight-forward results researcher practice pilot studies with children subjects. This method has proved to be effective for the gathering of useful data about the development of modality. The comparison and the studies of the obtained results should help to give a clear-cut insight into the ontogenesis of modality. This term paper reports about an experimental and longitudinal study of the development of modality of Greek children realized by the linguist Ursula Stephany. Further an analysis of the acquisition of modality of American English speaking children has been done in order to compare the differences and the common characteristics of the development of modality in two distinct languages. Before starting to observe the process of modality development I will give a brief introduction on modality and on its sub-types. The latter play an important role for the understanding of the process of modality acquisition. The term paper's chapter about modality is based on Frank Palmer's Mood and Modality.

Author : Charlene Chamberlain,Jill P. Morford,Rachel I. Mayberry
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999-08-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135679156

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Language Acquisition By Eye by Charlene Chamberlain,Jill P. Morford,Rachel I. Mayberry Pdf

This book focuses on the early acquisition of signed languages and the later development of reading by children who use signed languages. It represents the first collection of research papers focused solely on the acquisition of various signed languages by very young children--all of whom are acquiring signed languages natively, from deaf parents. It is also the first collection to investigate the possible relationships between the acquisition of signed language and reading development in school-aged children. The underlying questions addressed by the chapters are how visual-gestural languages develop and whether and how visual languages can serve the foundation for learning a second visual representation of language, namely, reading. Language Acquisition by Eye is divided into two parts, anchored in the toddler phase and the school-pupil phase. The central focus of Part I is on the earliest stages of signed language acquisition. The chapters in this part address important questions as to what "babytalk" looks like in signed language and the effect it has on babies' attention, what early babbling looks like in signed language, what babies' earliest signs look like, how parents talk to their babies in signed language to ensure that their babies "see" what's being said, and what the earliest sentences in signed languages tell us about the acquisition of grammar. With contrasting research paradigms, these chapters all show the degree to which parents and babies are highly sensitive to one another's communicative interactions in subtle and complex ways. Such observations cannot be made for spoken language acquisition because speech does not require that the parent and child look at each other during communication whereas signed language does. Part II focuses on the relationship between signed language acquisition and reading development in children who are deaf. All of these chapters report original research that investigates and uncovers a positive relationship between the acquisition and knowledge of signed language and the development of reading skills and as a result, represents a historical first in reading research. This section discusses how current theory applies to the case of deaf children's reading and presents new data that illuminates reading theory. Using a variety of research paradigms, each chapter finds a positive rather than a negative correlation between signed language knowledge and usage, and the development of reading skill. These chapters are sure to provide the foundation for new directions in reading research.

Author : Pilar Prieto,Núria Esteve-Gibert
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027264213

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The Development of Prosody in First Language Acquisition by Pilar Prieto,Núria Esteve-Gibert Pdf

Prosodic development is increasingly recognized as a fundamental stepping stone in first language acquisition. Prosodic sensitivity starts developing very early, with newborns becoming attuned to the prosodic properties of the ambient language, and it continues to develop during childhood until early adolescence. In the last decades, a flourishing literature has reported on the varied set of prosodic skills that children acquire and how they interact with other linguistic and cognitive skills. This book compiles a set of seventeen short review chapters from distinguished experts that have contributed significantly to our knowledge about how prosody develops in first language acquisition. The ultimate aim of the book is to offer a complete state of the art on prosodic development that allows the reader to grasp the literature from an interdisciplinary and critical perspective. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students of psychology, linguistics, cognitive science, speech therapy, and education.

Author : F. Nihan Ketrez,Aylin C. Küntay,Şeyda Özçalışkan,Aslı Özyürek
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027265388

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Social Environment and Cognition in Language Development by F. Nihan Ketrez,Aylin C. Küntay,Şeyda Özçalışkan,Aslı Özyürek Pdf

Language development is driven by multiple factors involving both the individual child and the environments that surround the child. The chapters in this volume highlight several such factors as potential contributors to developmental change, including factors that examine the role of immediate social environment (i.e., parent SES, parent and sibling input, peer interaction) and factors that focus on the child’s own cognitive and social development, such as the acquisition of theory of mind, event knowledge, and memory. The discussion of the different factors is presented largely from a crosslinguistic framework, using a multimodal perspective (speech, gesture, sign). The book celebrates the scholarly contributions of Prof. Ayhan Aksu-Koç – a pioneer in the study of crosslinguistic variation in language acquisition, particularly in the domain of evidentiality and theory of mind. This book will serve as an important resource for researchers in the field of developmental psychology, cognitive science, and linguistics across the globe.

Author : Keith E. Nelson,Ayhan Aksu-Ko‡
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135667962

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Children's Language by Keith E. Nelson,Ayhan Aksu-Ko‡ Pdf

This volume presents chapters that all speak to issues of children's lang. acquisition from a distinctly interactionist perspective that reflects the complexity of the task & the sophistication of methods used to study it. For graduate

Author : Norbert Dittmar,Astrid Reich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110856996

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Modality in Language Acquisition / Modalité et acquisition des langues by Norbert Dittmar,Astrid Reich Pdf

Modality in Language Acquisition / Modalité et acquisition des langues

Author : Eve V. Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781107143005

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First Language Acquisition by Eve V. Clark Pdf

Fully updated throughout, this new edition provides a comprehensive exploration of how children acquire a first language effectively.

Author : Gary Morgan,Bencie Woll
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027234728

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Directions in Sign Language Acquisition by Gary Morgan,Bencie Woll Pdf

This is the second volume in the series 'Trends in language acquisition research'. The unusual combination in one volume of reports on various different sign languages in acquisition makes this book quite unique.

Author : Paul Ibbotson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000592153

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Language Acquisition by Paul Ibbotson Pdf

Language Acquisition: The Basics is an accessible introduction to the must-know issues in child language development. Covering key topics drawn from contemporary psychology, linguistics and neuroscience, readers are introduced to fundamental concepts, methods, controversies, and discoveries. It follows the remarkable journey children take; from becoming sensitive to language before birth, to the time they string their first words together; from when they use language playfully, to when they tell stories, hold conversations, and share complex ideas. Using examples from 73 different languages, Ibbotson sets this development in a diverse cross-cultural context, as well as describing the universal psychological foundations that allow language to happen. This book, which includes further reading suggestions in each chapter and a glossary of key terms, is the perfect easy-to-understand introductory text for students, teachers, clinicians or anyone with an interest in language development. Drawing together the latest research on typical, atypical and multilingual development, it is the concise beginner's guide to the field.

Author : Eric Wanner,Lila R. Gleitman
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1982-12-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521282381

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Language Acquisition by Eric Wanner,Lila R. Gleitman Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive study of language development. The contributors, all well-known psychologists, represent a very broad range of theoretical persuasion. Each chapter summarises research on a major problem and relates results to fundamental questions about how children acquire language. Among the issues treated are the role of input in acquisition, the processes of underlying lexical and semantic development, the implications of cross-linguistic research for acquisition theory, the pros and cons of functionalist approaches to language learning and the psychological consequences of a major new formal theory of language learning. In their long and thoughtful introduction, the editors demonstrate the complementarity of studies focused on seemingly separate problems and identify apparent trends, both theoretical and methodological. Taken together, these chapters provide an entry point into an increasingly complex field for the growing number of researchers and students in psychology and linguistics whose work requires an understanding of the child's first steps in language.